Cable / Telecom News

One last kick at the Commission

TORONTO – Today is the deadline for final written submissions to the CRTC’s policy review on broadcast distribution undertakings and specialty services. (Ed Note: Cartt.ca will publish a recap of these submissions from several stakeholders tomorrow, Friday, May 9.)Rogers' final filing recapped the company's position presented on the first day of the hearings. The company of course, remains opposed to fee-for-carriage “as the broadcasters have failed to justify the need for, or fairness of it,” says an RCI press release this afternoon. “The over-the-air broadcasting sector is profitable, revenues continue to grow and local programming is not in jeopardy” “In...